McConaughey will play the title role in the dark comedy, a cop hired by Hirsch to kill his mother.

The film reunites Letts with director Friedkin, who previously collaborated in 2006 to bring Letts' play "Bug," about an Iraq War vet and a young woman holed up in a hotel room infested with bugs (starring Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon), to the big screen.

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"Killer Joe" is scheduled to start shooting Nov. 8 in and around New Orleans, and again we must note with a touch of sadness that this project does not appear to be in any way associated with that ripping Jimmy Osmond tune of the same name.

Published at 6:52 AM PDT on Oct 5, 2010 | Updated at 11:41 AM PDT on May 30, 2012